An Italian Pizzeria

Here you go, Adriana. ” Grandpa handed me an apron and a cap. They looked silly with red, white, and green stripes. I gulped. Did I really have to wear them? What if someone from school saw me? I didn’t want to hurt Grandpa’s feelings. He had spent the past year getting his pizzeria ready for business.

给你，阿德里安娜。”爷爷递给我一条围裙和一顶帽子。 红色、白色和绿色条纹看起来很傻。 我咽了一口气。我真的必须穿吗？如果学校里有人看到我呢？ 我不想伤害爷爷的感情。 在过去的一年里，他一直在为他的披萨店做生意。

Years ago he had been a pizzaiolo—a pizza maker—in Italy. Now he was finally going to make authentic Italian pizza here in America. His dream was coming true. But all I saw was a fashion nightmare. " Pass out free slices of pizza Margherita to everyone who walks by, ” Grandpa instructed. " And be sure to tell them the story. ”

几年前，他曾是意大利的一名披萨制造商。 现在他终于要在美国做正宗的意大利披萨了。 他的梦想即将实现。但我所看到的只是一场时尚噩梦。 爷爷嘱咐道：“给每一个路过的人免费分发玛格丽塔披萨片。” "一定要告诉他们这个故事。”

I grabbed a tray and started passing out pizza slices to people from a table set up outside. Then I saw them: Rachel and Clara—the most popular girls at my school. I pulled down my cap to hide my face. But it was too late. " Hey, you’re Adriana, from school, right?” Rachel said.

我抓起一个托盘，开始从外面的桌子上向人们分发披萨片。 然后我看到了他们：瑞秋和克拉拉是我学校最受欢迎的女孩。 我拉下帽子遮住脸。但为时已晚。 "嘿，你是阿德里安娜，来自学校，对吧？”瑞秋说。

" I didn’t know there was a new pizza place in town. ” Clara was looking around. “ Don’t you have pepperoni or Hawaiian pizza?” " Oh! Hi! ” I blurted out. I lifted my cap and started talking—much too fast. " Yes, my grandpa owns this place. Today’s our grand opening. We don’t serve American-style pizza, like pepperoni or Hawaiian.

"我不知道城里有新的披萨店。” 克拉拉四处张望。“你没有意大利香肠或夏威夷披萨吗？” "哦嗨！”我脱口而出。我抬起帽子，说话太快了。 "是的，这地方是我爷爷的。今天是我们盛大的开幕式。 我们不供应美式披萨，比如意大利香肠或夏威夷披萨。

We only have pizza like they do in Italy. My grandpa wants it to be authentic. ” " Awesome, ” Rachel said. “ Can we try some?” " Sure. ” I tried to act cool. I put two slices on plates and gave them to the girls. " Mmm. Delicious! ” Clara said. Rachel nodded. “ Much better than pepperoni pizza! What is this called?”

我们只有意大利的披萨。我爷爷希望它是真实的。” 太棒了，”瑞秋说。“我们能尝尝吗？” "当然。”我试图表现得很酷。我把两片放在盘子里，给了女孩们。 "嗯。美味！”克拉拉说。瑞秋点点头。“比意大利香肠披萨好多了！这叫什么？”

" It’s called pizza Margherita. It was named after Queen Margherita. Back in 1889 in Italy, pizza was eaten mostly by workers who needed a quick lunch. But the queen was tired of fancy food. So she asked a pizza maker to make some pizzas. He made one with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and basil—the colors of the Italian flag!

"这叫玛格丽塔披萨。它以玛盖丽塔女王的名字命名。 早在1889年的意大利，披萨主要由需要快速午餐的工人食用。 但女王厌倦了美味的食物。所以她请了一位披萨制造商做一些披萨。 他用西红柿、马苏里拉奶酪和罗勒制作了一个意大利国旗的颜色！